toronto
subway |
march 28 2006
On
March 28th 2006, we
had a Dr. Seuss-themed party on a subway car to celebrate
the birthdays of the subway and Lori.
With
lots of love, you made this night magical! Thank you everybody
:)
Time,
Date & Location
The
Poem
Little Lori-Lou Who who was not more
than 2(enty)
Is having a birthday and the fun will be plenty!
Bring her a present that's fuzzy and pink
She also likes stars and cats, what do you think?
52
years and another four stops
The subway extension will surely be tops!
Oh, the places you'll go! And the places you've been
Happy birthday, dear subway,
let the party begin!
Come
join newmindspace in our big celebration
Meet at the last car, at the tippy-top station!
Bring bubbles, and “bicycles! Roller skates! Drums!
Checkerboards! Tricycles! Cameras! And plums!”
The nicest of things is when you get involved
And we’ll see at the end how our party’s evolved!
So wear your Seuss costumes and bring your
Seuss props
And make Seuss decorations with tubers and zots!
Every Who down in Whoville and foxes in socks
The Grinch stealing Christmas and fun in a box!
Sneetches, the Lorax, Thing One and Thing Two
The Cat in the Hat, the red fish
and the blue!
Respect all the folks at the ol' TTC
Keep the train clean and alcohol-free
Clean up the subway, please don't make a mess
And that emergency alarm, don't give it a press!
“If you never did, you should!
These things are fun and fun is good.”
Come have a great time and open your mind
Come have more fun than the whole world combined! top
The
Fine Print
You
may join the party at any station along the Yonge-University
line, just wait by the last car. Please respect transit workers
and keep the train clean. Smoke- and alcohol-free please.
This event is free and appropriate for all
ages. top
What
to Bring
Bring
decorations, costumes
and props! Cameras make great memories for all of us! Food
and soft drinks that aren't messy are a plus. We are celebrating
two birthdays, so a small present might be in order ;-) top
Decoration
Ideas
Dr.
Seuss books are filled with magical
machines, pastel hues,
arches and curvy
lines. Pool noodles (Canadian
Tire for $2), long tubes (Canadian
Tire), striped
objects of any kind, furry things
of any kind (Fabric stores),
helium balloons (party stores)
and Seuss books (library) are
great! Anything that says "Happy
Birthday" would be awesome too! top
Costume
Suggestions
Striped
hats are sold at It's My Party (423
Danforth Ave., Chester subway station)
Seuss characters are often furry! You can be the Cat in the
Hat, the Lorax, Thing 1 or Thing 2, Yertle the Turtle, a star-bellied
sneetch (or one without!), some kind of fish. Check
out a list
of Dr. Seuss books, or Google "Dr.
Seuss" and check out the images.
Cindy-Lou
Who and the Fox in Socks are already taken :)
top
Music
Music
will be provided by our soundsystem, newsoundspace,
which is a battery cell, a subwoofer, two speakers and an
iPod. We will be playing whatever Lori wants to hear :) top
for more info, e-mail love @
newmindspace.com
comments: 44. This is page 2 of 3.
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Air`leth from North York | Posted: 08:35 pm [GMT] on March 29 2006 | Great party, despite the little problems. Ari is right, the worst thing to do when the cops show up is run away (esp. if you've done nothing wrong). This "running away" can be seen in a lot of the photographer Flickr pages. I want to see more pictures from people who continued snapping until the end. :D
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ari from awake | Posted: 08:01 pm [GMT] on March 29 2006 | this was rather sweet
it was handled less than completely deftly by the driver of the middle car of the first train- and this trickled down poorly to the supervisor (who seemed mostly reasonable but like he was stuck in a poor discision) and one of the cops (who showed up with leather cops in full on bad cop mode)-
it's funny these people show up thinking they know how to deal with these situations- but often you get people with no experience of this type of situation- who treat it like something that has never happened before, see it as something bad, and see it as something that a. they can stop, and b. it is to the advantage of the requirements of their employement that they try to stop it
these are based on faulty assumptions
aaaaaaaaaanyway it was way fun , and I thought that the solution of just getting on the next train was smooth and inspired (the lesson- whatever you do-when you are not doing someting wrong the worst thing to do when "cops" show up is to leave)
the other drivers caused us no problems, so we caused them no problems- and we cleaned up rather perfectly (as opposed to the car we were rushed out of)
the bad cop- whose number is available upon request- suggested we complaint to Howard Moscoe - he might be a good person to have letter of endorsement from!!
it's weird some people don't get it
nothing celebrates or raises peoples opinions of the TTC more than subway parties- and nothing gets more good press
people need to get some kind of memo to understand this sort of thing
anyway Much thanks to Lori and Kevin
and many happy rhyming returns to our girl Lori |
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braden from tur-on-to | Posted: 05:27 pm [GMT] on March 29 2006 | cat /dev/brain | grep newmindspace >> subway2
hahaha, what an awersome event! :D i took lots of pictures and i'll post them online, right here. happy birthday lori! that damn faux fur coat was so hot in there!
http://www.fsckme.ca/pixels!/subway2/ |
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nicki from toronto | Posted: 04:34 pm [GMT] on March 29 2006 | the sound system, the costumes, the decor and most of all the vibe all came together to make this my favourite newmindspace event yet. we have a lot to top but somehow i'm not at all worried. i hope your birthday ended well, lori, and another huge thank you to you and kevin. :love: |
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Daniel from Toronto | Posted: 04:07 pm [GMT] on March 29 2006 | I meant to go, I did... but ran out of energy as the evening wore on. Lori, I'll have to bring you your present some other time.
Hope it was fun! |
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fotograf.416 from t-dizzle | Posted: 02:44 pm [GMT] on March 29 2006 | 60 photos just posted! Enjoy!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotograf416/sets/72057594093551068/
...and a Happy Birthday to Lori!!!
-fotograf.416- |
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WordFreak from near Bathurst Station | Posted: 11:57 am [GMT] on March 29 2006 | Check out my Subway (Birthday) Party photo set:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wordfreak/sets/72057594093441862/
— WordFreak |
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subway dude from Location unknown | Posted: 08:17 am [GMT] on March 29 2006 | Hey, so much for not drinking and not pushing the emergency alarm, eh?
Morons. |
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José from T.O. | Posted: 07:50 am [GMT] on March 29 2006 | Hey Kev+Lori -
Great event! I got off at Queen's Park, I hope y'all had fun 'til the end.
I posted 40 photos:
http://www.los-indios-bravos.com/codexlagman/codexlagman_319.html
Cheers! :-) |
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Mittens from Yonge & Bloor :P | Posted: 06:09 am [GMT] on March 29 2006 | Happy Birthday Lori~!!!! didnt have time to prepare a costume but this party looked really fun while it lasted =^.^= cya on easter |
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Air`leth from North York | Posted: 02:15 am [GMT] on March 29 2006 | Vegan Eggs and Hamlet? |
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ps from Location unknown | Posted: 12:59 am [GMT] on March 29 2006 | happy birthday |
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Rush from Location unknown | Posted: 12:57 am [GMT] on March 29 2006 | dang it
I thought this was thursday
I mean I still have time to get there
but I'm so worn out
and I have a cat in the hat hat :(
dang |
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Scarlet from West Toronto | Posted: 12:37 am [GMT] on March 29 2006 | No Green Eggs in ham for us...got sick today! But Ann is coming. Have a blast and take lots of pics! I am sooooo going to miss this!!!!!! |
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mateusz from KM5T | Posted: 09:24 pm [GMT] on March 28 2006 | voom voom pink ink kao sao tao aommm ! |
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kevin from toronto | Posted: 06:45 pm [GMT] on March 28 2006 | we announce it very close to the event intentionally - last time the subway car was WAY crowded. imagine if there were even more people! |
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miss jonna from the danforth | Posted: 06:15 pm [GMT] on March 28 2006 | HOLY LAST MINUTE BATMAN
i'll try my hardest to make it. |
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Anonymous from AJAX | Posted: 05:38 pm [GMT] on March 28 2006 | IM GEY |
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Air`leth from North York | Posted: 03:34 pm [GMT] on March 28 2006 | Super-short notice, as per usual, but super-swell nonetheless. I shall be lurking about somewhere this evening. |
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Scarlet and Ann from Eglinton W. Toronto | Posted: 11:52 am [GMT] on March 28 2006 | We will be there with a "no-mess" version of "Green Eggs and Ham"...This rocks!!! Can't wait... |
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